GQ writer offers tips on how to read at least one book every week.

Motoring through another book. And world domination.

Kevin Nguyen is a renaissance man of sorts, writing for GQ about books, video games, Wrestlemania, Drake's music, and shilling $130 trash cans sold through Amazon.* He's like that annoying friend you have that has 679 Yelp reviews to their name, including visits to CVS and the local 7/11.

Nguyen's latest article is about how anyone can read at least one book a week.

His obvious hot tips?

Uhh, to squeeze in reading whenever and wherever.

Including:

1.) Read during your train commute to work!

"A half-hour commute can easily turn into five hours of dedicated reading time every week..."

Wait--the math--an hour a day round trip--times five--oh, the math is hard...


2.) Read on your phone while using the bathroom!

"...[Read in] the bathroom because you drank too much coffee. Those pages add up fast."

Just think how all that caffeine and a loose bladder will lead to speed reading!



3.) Stop reading books you don't like!

"...[I]f it’s going to be another four or five painful hours to finish it, you can afford to put it down."

So, wait, wait, wait--I have free will?



4.) Try the library!

"Free shit rules."

Which is what I also say to myself when I dumpster dive and play Freddy Fast Fingers at friends' homes.



5.) Multitask and read during commercial breaks during your favorite show!

"Watching live TV? Just sneak in a little reading."

Which works perfectly when you're watching a commercial-free show live, like 'Game of Thrones' or 'Downton Abbey'.



6.) Read when you wake up, not before bed!

"Even if you’re not an early riser, use the time you spend checking Instagram in bed to read a couple chapters."

But Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Imgur, Linkedn, Google Plus, and Reddit called dibs, I guess.

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I'm sure Nguyen means well, or just wants to fill a weekly quota for stories posted on the GQ website. One or the other.

My tip to you?

Read because you want to. Read because you need to. Read because it is you.






*Regarding the $130 trash can, Nguyen writes, "I know what you’re thinking: $130 for a trash can?! I get it—that’s expensive! But it's a quiet life upgrade that’ll change your relationship to the kitchen."

No, $130 of delicious, fattening food is the quiet life upgrade that will change my relationship to the kitchen.

Obama admits he can't keep track of all 'The Game of Thrones' characters.

And if we're looking at ourselves in the mirror, odds are none of us can either. Tyrion? Tywin? What's the difference? As long as I know The Imp, we're good.

And apparently that's pretty much all that matters to Obama as well. Sitting down for an interview with GQ for their Men of The Year 20th anniversary edition, the president says he recognizes the characters, but couldn't tell you a synopsis by names alone. But his favorite person in all of Westeros?

“My favorite character is probably…the dwarf, what’s his name?" asked Obama.

It better be "King Imp" by the end of all of this.

Gift of free GQ Magazine subscription infuriates Lands' End shoppers, disturbs and fascinates teenage boys.

Lands' End is known for its outdoorsy clothing--a sea of khakis and plaids and hiking boots.

GQ Magazine is known for boring articles and high-end fashion which rarely involves khakis, plaids, or hiking boots.

And when the two met, it didn't turn out that great.

Recently, GQ's publisher, Conde Nast, struck a deal with Lands' End to reward the clothing company's best customers with a free subscription. Instead of enjoying the free magazine in their mailbox--which this month features a very scantily clad Emily Ratajkowski modeling on the cover--many Land's End customers revolted. Their biggest concern seems to be with their sons.

“We received your ‘Lands’ End Bonus’ of GQ magazine this weekend, and we are absolutely horrified," wrote one woman on Land's End's Facebook page, hopefully horrified at GQ's shoddy articles. "How can buying something as family friendly as school uniforms lead to soft porn in the mailbox? I’m thankful my son did not bring in the mail.”

Nope. She's fine with the articles.

Said another customer, who's son did go to the mailbox: "My 14-year-old son brought in the mail today & was quite disturbed & fascinated by a ‘gift’ Lands’ End sent us — a copy of GQ magazine with an absolutely OBSCENE cover!!!."

Never has the U.S. postal mail ever been more of a moral yo-yo than for this young lad.

The outrage over Ms. Ratajkowski's appearance was so overwhelming, Lands' End immediately issued an apology and changed the magazine subscription customers received to Conde Nast Traveler.

This month's cover of Traveler? It features a staircase in San Pietro on the Aeolian island of Panarea.